anumānaṃ1 Inferring as the instrument of an anumiti, conclusion from given premises; an inference, conclusion; one of the four means of obtaining knowledge according to the Nyāya system; (anumitikaraṇamanumānaṃ taccadhūmo vahnivyāpya iti vyāptijñānaṃ. It is of two kinds svārthānumānaṃ & parārthānumānaṃ); pratyakṣaṃcānumānaṃ ca śāstraṃ ca vividhāgamaṃ . trayaṃsuviditaṃ kāryaṃ dharmaśuddhimabhīpsatā .. Ms. 12. 105. 2 A guess, conjecture, sign to know; iṃgitairanumānaiśca mayā jñeyā bhaviṣyati Rām. 3 Analogy, similarity; ātmanohṛdayānumānena prekṣase Ś. 5 you judge (of others) by the analogy of your own heart; svānumānātkādaṃbarīmutprekṣya K. 305. 4 (In Rhet.) A figure which consists in a notion, expressed in a peculiarly striking manner, of a thing established by proof; S. D. 711; yatra patatyabalānāṃ dṛṣṭirniśitāḥpataṃti tatra śarāḥ . taccāparopitaśaro dhāvatyāsāṃ (pb) puraḥ smaro manye .. anumānaṃ taduktaṃyatsādhyasādhanayorvacaḥ K. P. 10. Comp.—uktif. reasoning; logical inference.